# La Divaza

Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Álvarez (born 18 June 1998), known as La Divaza, is a Venezuelan and Mexican YouTuber and singer. He is the second YouTuber from Venezuela to reach one million subscribers, after Dross.

## Biography

He was born in the city of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela. He studied at Instituto Escuela Maracay, graduating in 2015. He began producing videos on YouTube at the end of 2012, in which he described the situation in his home country. His character, "La Divaza", caused controversy nationally and internationally for the peculiar personality it presented and the content of his videos. He has since become an icon and a phenomenon on social media.
In 2011, Divaza began making videos of the social networking site Habbo, but stopped in 2012 when his channel called La Divaza flourished.
"La Divaza" is Pedro Luis' alter ego, "a diva." It is a varied channel as far as content is concerned, ranging from vlogs, gameplays and reviews to annual awards like the VMAs, AMAs, EMAs, Billboards, Miss Universe, Met Gala and the Grammys, to more serious topics of social awareness.
His best friend, Jose Gregorio Santos Terrasi (also known as La Jose), lives with him in Mexico City. He has made several appearances in his channel when he lived in Venezuela with the YouTuber Konrad Montero (also known as La Konrad) but because of the distance, their only contact was via social networks.
He is currently touring and performing for his millions of fans throughout the world. He has collaborated with many famous YouTubers such as Mariale, Alejo Igoa, Kimberly Loaiza and Juan Pablo Jaramillo. He has nine million subscribers on YouTube.
In December 2017, he released a song as a part of a viral YouTube challenge called "Roast Yourself" (like the challenge itself) that was accompanied by a music video, promoting his alter ego. One week later, the song was available on iTunes, reaching the top on Mexico and other Latin American countries. The music video got one million likes in 24 hours and more than six million views on YouTube. As of June 2020, the music video had 115 million views and 3,5 million likes, making it the most successful song ever by a YouTuber. He performed the song live at the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards, where he hosted the show alongside Chilean-born Mexican singer Mon Laferte, in which he won two awards, MIAW Icon of the Year and Roasted of the Year.
On 15 November 2019, he released his first song, "Cachete Al Suelo", under the music label Warner Music Group.
In 2020 he made a challenge video called "Sing the song" with Colombian singer Karol G.
On 28 December 2020 he launched his new song, "D.I.V.A."
In 2022 he launched a new song, "La Noche".
In 2023 integrate the new season of the reality La Venganza de los Ex, launched in the channel MTV Latinoamerica and the platform of streaming Paramount+.
He also has a second channel on YouTube called "Keeping Up With La Divaza", where he broadcasts the podcast Radio Divaza, made with his best friend and influencer José Gregorio Santos Terrasi "La Jose". This podcast can also be found on Spotify.

## Filmography
### TV

| Year | Program | Role | Media |
| 2018 | MTV Millennial Awards | Host with Mon Laferte | MTV |
| 2022 | La Venganza de los Ex VIP | Participant | Paramount+ |
| 2024 | La casa de los famosos | Housemate | Telemundo |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Event | Category | Result |
| 2016 | MTV Millennial Awards | Styler of the year | Nominated |
| 2017 | MTV Millennial Awards | The freshest face | Nominated |
| 2017 | MTV Millennial Awards | Supercolab of the year | Nominated |
| 2018 | MTV Millennial Awards | Miaw icon of the year | Won |
| 2018 | MTV Millennial Awards | Roast of the year | Won |
| 2019 | MTV Millennial Awards | Miaw icon | Nominated |
| 2019 | MTV Millennial Awards | Instastories | Nominated |
| 2021 | MTV Millennial Awards | God of the Podcast | Won |